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Professor Peter Madden, OBE

Professor Peter Madden, OBE

Futures Signals: From Prioritising Pedestrians to Zero-Emissions Flights

Regular readers know that I keep my eye out for seeds of possible futures, and then do a short blog every Friday lunchtime on something…

5 min readJul 5, 2023

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Futures Signals: From Prioritising Pedestrians to Zero-Emissions Flights

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Professor Peter Madden, OBE

Signals of the Future: from Banning Flights to Dining in Space

Here’s last month’s clutch of signals of the future. I spot issues that might impact on how we build and live in cities in the future. Last…

4 min readJun 5, 2023

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Signals of the Future: from Banning Flights to Dining in Space

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Professor Peter Madden, OBE

Signals of the Future: from Virtual Worlds to Cities Without Children

Belatedly posting April’s clutch of future signals of how our cities — and how we design and live in them — might change. These include…

5 min readMay 11, 2023

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Signals of the Future: from Virtual Worlds to Cities Without Children

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Professor Peter Madden, OBE

Signals of the Future: from Augmented Shopping to Spatial Exclusion

A bumper set of signals of the future from the last month. I explore augmented reality shopping, designing community back-in to our cities…

5 min readApr 6, 2023

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Signals of the Future: from Augmented Shopping to Spatial Exclusion

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Professor Peter Madden, OBE

Signals of the Future: from VIP Cyclists to Governing for Future Generations

Here’s the last month’s dose of future insights. From why bikes deserve the same infrastructure ambition as cars to why more nations should…

5 min readFeb 28, 2023

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Signals of the Future: from VIP Cyclists to Governing for Future Generations

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Professor Peter Madden, OBE

Signals of the Future: from Ikea Homes to Overweight Cars

This month’s crop of seeds of the future include flatpack houses, the growing size and weight of cars, why householders don’t value energy…

6 min readJan 31, 2023

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Signals of the Future: from Ikea Homes to Overweight Cars

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Professor Peter Madden, OBE

Signals of the Future: from Biomimicry to Energy Storage

December’s (shorter) crop of Friday Futures Insights explore bio-composites, giant batteries, and health-wearables: signals of what might…

4 min readDec 29, 2022

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Signals of the Future: from Biomimicry to Energy Storage

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Professor Peter Madden, OBE

Signals Of The Future: From Flying Taxis To A Crowded Planet

From using the sky as an advertising billboard, to flying taxis, to re-purposing redundant department stores, the future’s already here.

4 min readNov 29, 2022

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Signals Of The Future: From Flying Taxis To A Crowded Planet

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Professor Peter Madden, OBE

Signals of the Future: from Smart Home Surveillance to Living Alone

Last month’s signals of the future look at how we will design and live in the homes of the future.

4 min readNov 3, 2022

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Signals of the Future: from Smart Home Surveillance to Living Alone

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Professor Peter Madden, OBE

Signals of the Future: From Assisted Dying To Trying On Clothes Virtually

Here is a bumper crop of my latest signals of the future from last month’s Friday Futures Insight.

4 min readOct 4, 2022

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Signals of the Future: From Assisted Dying To Trying On Clothes Virtually

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Professor Peter Madden, OBE

Professor Peter Madden, OBE

Futures for cities, places, & real estate. PoP in Future Cities, Cardiff University; Chair, Building with Nature www.vividfutures.co.uk @thepmadden

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